The following tables illustrates the usage of web authoring tools
on the web. The tool is determined by examining the web page
meta tag 'generator'. Readers are cautioned that not all authoring
packages insert their name in this meta tag, and as such may not
be picked up in this survey.
The November survey is based on a sample size of 851,758 pages downloaded from 143,412 sites. We detected authoring tool usage on 57,413 sites (40.03% of all sites visited).
| Web Authoring Package | Count | Percent |
| microsoft frontpage 4.0 | 16,013 | 11.17% |
| microsoft frontpage 3.0 | 11,519 | 8.03% |
| adobe golive 4 | 3,124 | 2.18% |
| microsoft frontpage express 2.0 | 2,091 | 1.46% |
| microsoft frontpage 2.0 | 2,055 | 1.43% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 win | 1,159 | 0.81% |
| microsoft word 97 | 1,087 | 0.76% |
| golive cyberstudio 3 | 879 | 0.61% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 mac | 857 | 0.60% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 mac | 757 | 0.53% |
| hotmetal pro 4.0 | 712 | 0.50% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 for windows | 636 | 0.44% |
| golive cyberstudio | 356 | 0.25% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 318 | 0.22% |
| hotmetal pro 5.0 | 298 | 0.21% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 286 | 0.20% |
| microsoft visual studio 6.0 | 286 | 0.20% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 win | 283 | 0.20% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 for windows | 270 | 0.19% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows | 246 | 0.17% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 232 | 0.16% |
| microsoft publisher 98 | 225 | 0.16% |
| namo webeditor v3.0 | 219 | 0.15% |
| microsoft publisher 2000 | 216 | 0.15% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 213 | 0.15% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for windows | 210 | 0.15% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 198 | 0.14% |
| microsoft publisher 97 | 188 | 0.13% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 179 | 0.12% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 165 | 0.12% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 158 | 0.11% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 151 | 0.11% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 for windows | 146 | 0.10% |
| microsoft frontpage 1.1 | 144 | 0.10% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 für windows | 140 | 0.10% |
| netnames forwarding | 135 | 0.09% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 4 | 122 | 0.09% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 5 | 120 | 0.08% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 116 | 0.08% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 112 | 0.08% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.0 for windows | 110 | 0.08% |
| notepad | 106 | 0.07% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 103 | 0.07% |
| bbedit 4.5 | 102 | 0.07% |
| | 102 | 0.07% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 101 | 0.07% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 91 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 86 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 85 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 79 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 77 | 0.05% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 74 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 74 | 0.05% |
| visual page 1.0 for windows | 73 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 72 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 70 | 0.05% |
| microvision development / webexpress | 70 | 0.05% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j mac | 70 | 0.05% |
| arachnophilia 3.9 | 69 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 68 | 0.05% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for macintosh | 66 | 0.05% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 v4.0.2 for windows | 65 | 0.05% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.2 for windows | 64 | 0.04% |
| visual page 1.1a for windows | 63 | 0.04% |
| bbedit 5.0 | 62 | 0.04% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j win | 60 | 0.04% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.2 for windows | 59 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/3.04gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 55 | 0.04% |
| microsoft developer studio | 55 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 53 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 53 | 0.04% |
| symantec visual page mac 1.1.1 | 51 | 0.04% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.3 for windows | 49 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; u) [netscape] | 48 | 0.03% |
| microsoft visual interdev 1.0 | 47 | 0.03% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 for windows | 46 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 45 | 0.03% |
| htmlpad | 45 | 0.03% |
| elemental software drumbeat 2000 3.04.411 | 44 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.5 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 43 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 43 | 0.03% |
| html tidy, see www.w3.org | 43 | 0.03% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0j mac | 43 | 0.03% |
| adobe golive 5 | 43 | 0.03% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 trial for windows | 42 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 41 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 41 | 0.03% |
| corel wordperfect 8 | 41 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.74 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 38 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.03 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 38 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 38 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.0 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 37 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 36 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 36 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 36 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (winnt; i) [netscape] | 36 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/2.01gold (win32) | 35 | 0.02% |
| bbedit 5.1.1 | 35 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 34 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 34 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (win98; i) [netscape] | 33 | 0.02% |
| internet assistant for microsoft word 2.04z | 33 | 0.02% |
| webexpert | 32 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.2i for windows | 32 | 0.02% |
| lotus domino 4.6 | 32 | 0.02% |
| htmled32 version 2.0d | 32 | 0.02% |
| netobjects authoring server 2000 | 31 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en]c-dial (win95; u) [netscape] | 31 | 0.02% |
| domaindirect forwarding | 31 | 0.02% |
| arachnophilia 3.4 | 31 | 0.02% |
| user-agent: mozilla/3.0gold (macintosh; i; ppc) | 30 | 0.02% |
| oda | 30 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (winnt; i) [quattro pro 9] | 29 | 0.02% |
| ibm netobjects toppage v4.0.3 for windows | 29 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 28 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 28 | 0.02% |
| ulli meybohms html editor | 27 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 27 | 0.02% |
| microsoft word 9 | 27 | 0.02% |
| hotdog professional | 27 | 0.02% |
| namo webeditor v4.0 | 26 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en]c-cck-mcd nscpcd47 (win98; i) [netscape] | 26 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.5 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 26 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.01 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 26 | 0.02% |
| cutehtml | 26 | 0.02% |
| arachnophilia 4.0 | 26 | 0.02% |
| user-agent: mozilla/3.01gold (macintosh; i; ppc) | 25 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 25 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 25 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 25 | 0.02% |
| internet assistant for microsoft word 2.0z | 25 | 0.02% |
| ibm homepage builder v3.0 for windows | 25 | 0.02% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.4 for windows | 25 | 0.02% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 macintosh | 25 | 0.02% |
| symantec visual page mac evaluation version 1.1.1 | 24 | 0.02% |
| staroffice/5.1 (win32) | 24 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 for windows | 24 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 24 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 24 | 0.02% |
| symantec visual page 1.0 | 23 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.07 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 23 | 0.02% |
| stone's webwriter 2 | 22 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.1 for windows | 22 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 22 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.61 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 22 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 22 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 22 | 0.02% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows - trial version | 21 | 0.01% |
| textpad 3.0 | 21 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page 1.0.2 | 21 | 0.01% |
| freeway 3.0 | 21 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 20 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 19 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en]c-gatewaynet (win98; i) [netscape] | 19 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [es] (win95; i) [netscape] | 19 | 0.01% |
| microsoft notepad | 19 | 0.01% |
| editplus 1.2 | 19 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.1 (linux) | 18 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 18 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 18 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [de] (win98; i) [netscape] | 18 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 18 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (win16; i) [netscape] | 18 | 0.01% |
| visual page 1.1 for windows | 17 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.2 for windows | 17 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [de] (win98; i) [netscape] | 17 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.08 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 17 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 17 | 0.01% |
| internet assistant for word 1.0z | 17 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 per windows | 17 | 0.01% |
| stone's webwriter 3 | 16 | 0.01% |
| optima pagespinner for macos | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (winnt; i) [netscape] | 16 | 0.01% |
| breakthrough software, inc., shopzone, (c) 1997, 1998 | 16 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 15 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 15 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.04 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 15 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win16; i) [netscape] | 15 | 0.01% |
| allaire homesite 4.0 | 15 | 0.01% |
| web studio, version 2.0 for windows | 14 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page 1.0.1 | 14 | 0.01% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 6 | 14 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion personal edition for windows | 14 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 für windows | 14 | 0.01% |
| netobjects authoring server 3.0 for windows | 14 | 0.01% |
| namo webeditor v2.1 | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.08 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [de]c-necck (win95; i) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.04gold (win95; u) [netscape] | 14 | 0.01% |
| lotus word pro | 14 | 0.01% |
| hotmetal pro 3.0 | 14 | 0.01% |
| freeway 2.0.3 | 14 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 5.1 | 14 | 0.01% |
| web studio, version 1.0 for windows | 13 | 0.01% |
| notetab 4.5 | 13 | 0.01% |
| namo webeditor v2.00 | 13 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.01 [de]c-dt (win95; i) [netscape] | 13 | 0.01% |
| microsoft frontpad 2.0 | 13 | 0.01% |
| htmled pro version 2.5a | 13 | 0.01% |
| dreamweaver | 13 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/4.0 (winnt/win95) | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.01 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 12 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.03gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 12 | 0.01% |
| microsoft frontpage (visual interdev edition) 2.0 | 12 | 0.01% |
| internet assistant for microsoft word 2.03z | 12 | 0.01% |
| htmled pro 3.0 | 12 | 0.01% |
| homesite 3.0 | 12 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0j win | 12 | 0.01% |
| aceexpert | 12 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page mac 1.1 | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5b2 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [es] (win98; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.07 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [ja] (win95; i) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 11 | 0.01% |
| microsoft word 98 | 11 | 0.01% |
| microsoft word 97/98 | 11 | 0.01% |
| homesite | 11 | 0.01% |
| cosmo create 1.0.3 | 11 | 0.01% |
| visual page 2.0j for windows | 10 | 0.01% |
| vi | 10 | 0.01% |
| sitedesigner | 10 | 0.01% |
| notepad.exe | 10 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 für windows | 10 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 10 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en]c-compaq (win98; i) [netscape] | 10 | 0.01% |
| htmled pro32 version 2.0b | 10 | 0.01% |
| elemental software drumbeat 2000 3.01.369 | 10 | 0.01% |
| editplus | 10 | 0.01% |
| claris home page 3.0 | 10 | 0.01% |
| claris home page 2.0 | 10 | 0.01% |
| carouselle version 1.05 | 10 | 0.01% |
| wordpad | 9 | 0.01% |
| web! 2.0 pro edition | 9 | 0.01% |
| web workbench - version 2.1 - http://www.globalweb.co.uk/ | 9 | 0.01% |
| ulimit.com inc. | 9 | 0.01% |
| textpad 4.0 | 9 | 0.01% |
| super notetab 2.63 | 9 | 0.01% |
| siteup internet promotions meta-tag builder | 9 | 0.01% |
| realproducer g2 | 9 | 0.01% |
| print shop web site designer | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [ja] (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en]c-athome0405 (win98; u) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [de] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.0b2 (win95; i) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [de]c-dt (win95; i) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en]c-dial (win95; u) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [de] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold [ja] (win95; i) [netscape] | 9 | 0.01% |
| macromedia dreamweaver 3.0 | 9 | 0.01% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 v4.0.6 for windows | 9 | 0.01% |
| arachnophilia version 2.1 | 9 | 0.01% |
| user-agent: mozilla/3.04gold (macintosh; i; ppc) | 8 | 0.01% |
| thumbsplus - cerious software, inc. | 8 | 0.01% |
| nisus writer | 8 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion trial 2.0.2 for windows | 8 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion trial 2.0 for windows | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en]c-cck-mcd (win98; u) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5b1 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en]c-cck-mcd compaq (win98; u) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [de] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [fr] (win95; i) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (win95; u) [netscape] | 8 | 0.01% |
| microsoft internet assistant for microsoft powerpoint 97 | 8 | 0.01% |
| micrografx windows draw 6 | 8 | 0.01% |
| macromedia dreamweaver | 8 | 0.01% |
| internet creator 4.05 | 8 | 0.01% |
| handmade | 8 | 0.01% |
| dreamweaver 2.0 | 8 | 0.01% |
| analog3.1/unix | 8 | 0.01% |
| adobe photoshop(r) 5.5 web photo gallery | 8 | 0.01% |
